WASHINGTON — In a concerted election-year push to draw attention to women's wages, President Barack Obama signed directives Tuesday to make it easier for workers of federal contractors to get information about workplace compensation.He seasoned his move with a sharp rebuke of Republicans whom he accused of "gumming up the works" on workplace fairness.Obama, whose own White ...

Democrats know that an accurate apples to apples comparison of work type, background experience, and lifestyle choices define real differences between men and women in the labor force. When these differences are accounted for, the political football of "wage inequality" based on gender deflates.

Obama knew this and he still proceeded to point a crooked finger at Republicans in a purely partisan fashion because he is desperate to find something, anything, to turn attention away from his failed record as president.

And true to form, the Liar of the Year is hoist by his own petard when his own administration's wage practices demonstrate the same, albeit contrived, phenomenon.

All things considered the gender pay gap is way less than this clown will have you believe and probably even less than that in his own white house staff. Maybe he will click his pen and pick up his phone and get together with Kerry to do something about his across the board foreign policy failure. Maybe not, thats asking quite a bit from a community organizer.

Women should be angry at Obama for letting him use them as political pawns by using phony math to make his absurd point. Pimping is a crime except when you are president. If there is a "war on women", Obama fired the first shot.

This arrogant man continues to try and divide this country by lecturing gullible people that they are victims of his political opposition. The press is largely absent on calling this classless behavior for what it is.

redienhcsr wrote:This arrogant man continues to try and divide this country by lecturing gullible people that they are victims of his political opposition. The press is largely absent on calling this classless behavior for what it is.

How long can the country tolerate this lack of leadership?

Arrogance??

Arrogance, is declaring "Mission Accomplished" ten years before the troops pulled out.

Arrogance, is stating "Revenues From Oil" will pay for the war when nothing of the sort ever happened.

Arrogance, is stating that "We got reliable information from ENHANCED interrogation techniques", when it has been recently revealed nothing of the sort was derived from those techniques.

Arrogance, is outing a CIA agent for political gain.

Arrogance, is being a right to lifer and bible thumper and then being caught red handed cheating on your wife.

Arrogance, is telling American citizens who work for private contractors on government funded projects that they cannot discuss their wages amongst themselves.

Signing an executive order to make sure government contractors are good players when it comes to pay for their employees on government funded projects isn't arrogance, but rather FAIRNESS.

redienhcsr wrote:This arrogant man continues to try and divide this country by lecturing gullible people that they are victims of his political opposition. The press is largely absent on calling this classless behavior for what it is.

How long can the country tolerate this lack of leadership?

A recent pew poll found that 72% of women and 61% of men recognize that there is a problem and want it to be addressed. I don't see that as dividing America, when the vast majority want to see action on an issue. If it brings out the rabid right wing in mass against fixing the gender pay gap and they end up losing a few seats this November so be it, it does not change the fact that addressing this issue is the right thing to do.

A classic shiny object to be used as fodder for the uninformed masses of the left. Create a mythical problem- women make only 77 cents per dollar- even though the evidence clearly discredits the claim. (that doesn't matter because of the uninformed people that populate the left simply believe what they are told like the people they are!) Then create a law that sounds great "Fair and Equal Pay for Women". But the underlying law is simply a giveaway to their special interests, namely trial lawyers. Then, when the GOP vote against or prevent it from becoming law, they attack crying and whining "anti-women!!". Then the uninformed masses cheer. Goebbels would be proud of the current crop of Dems.

Facts have a conservative bias. That's why its the democratic party's goal is to fog the mind of the average voter.

redienhcsr wrote:This arrogant man continues to try and divide this country by lecturing gullible people that they are victims of his political opposition. The press is largely absent on calling this classless behavior for what it is.

How long can the country tolerate this lack of leadership?

A recent pew poll found that 72% of women and 61% of men recognize that there is a problem and want it to be addressed. I don't see that as dividing America, when the vast majority want to see action on an issue. If it brings out the rabid right wing in mass against fixing the gender pay gap and they end up losing a few seats this November so be it, it does not change the fact that addressing this issue is the right thing to do.

What little gender pay gap their is can't be blamed on republicans. The women who will take this as reason to vote Dem. were already going to vote Dem anyway. The thought that this minute issue will cost Republican seats in Nov. is hilariously ridiculous. He didn't look in his own kitchen before coming up with this one now did he?

redienhcsr wrote:This arrogant man continues to try and divide this country by lecturing gullible people that they are victims of his political opposition. The press is largely absent on calling this classless behavior for what it is.

How long can the country tolerate this lack of leadership?

A recent pew poll found that 72% of women and 61% of men recognize that there is a problem and want it to be addressed. I don't see that as dividing America, when the vast majority want to see action on an issue. If it brings out the rabid right wing in mass against fixing the gender pay gap and they end up losing a few seats this November so be it, it does not change the fact that addressing this issue is the right thing to do.

What little gender pay gap their is can't be blamed on republicans. The women who will take this as reason to vote Dem. were already going to vote Dem anyway. The thought that this minute issue will cost Republican seats in Nov. is hilariously ridiculous. He didn't look in his own kitchen before coming up with this one now did he?

The GOP has become the smallest tent party you can find that is still able to pick up a few seat here or there. The GOP has been losing more and more of the female vote and this is not going to help them get any of that back. Especially when men such as yourself take a real problem and marginalize it by calling it "minute".

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redienhcsr wrote:This arrogant man continues to try and divide this country by lecturing gullible people that they are victims of his political opposition. The press is largely absent on calling this classless behavior for what it is.

How long can the country tolerate this lack of leadership?

A recent pew poll found that 72% of women and 61% of men recognize that there is a problem and want it to be addressed. I don't see that as dividing America, when the vast majority want to see action on an issue. If it brings out the rabid right wing in mass against fixing the gender pay gap and they end up losing a few seats this November so be it, it does not change the fact that addressing this issue is the right thing to do.

What little gender pay gap their is can't be blamed on republicans. The women who will take this as reason to vote Dem. were already going to vote Dem anyway. The thought that this minute issue will cost Republican seats in Nov. is hilariously ridiculous. He didn't look in his own kitchen before coming up with this one now did he?

The GOP has become the smallest tent party you can find that is still able to pick up a few seat here or there. The GOP has been losing more and more of the female vote and this is not going to help them get any of that back. Especially when men such as yourself take a real problem and marginalize it by calling it "minute".

It is minute. So minute that until Obama needed something to do with his pen I never even heard a peep about it.

Arrogance, is declaring "Mission Accomplished" ten years before the troops pulled out.

"mission accomplished" --- isn't that what Obama was saying about ACA because according to him 7 million have signed up. No word on how many have paid their premiums or will continue to pay their premiums once they find out what a $5000 deductible means. With the vast majority of the consequences of ACA deferred, this "mission accomplished" is going to ring just as hollow as the one you reference.

Arrogance, is declaring "Mission Accomplished" ten years before the troops pulled out.

"mission accomplished" --- isn't that what Obama was saying about ACA because according to him 7 million have signed up. No word on how many have paid their premiums or will continue to pay their premiums once they find out what a $5000 deductible means. With the vast majority of the consequences of ACA deferred, this "mission accomplished" is going to ring just as hollow as the one you reference.

As someone who recently raked up $170,000 in hospital costs after an emergency and 3 weeks in the ICU, I'd much rather pay $5000 deductible than have no insurance at all.

"We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication ."

Arrogance, is declaring "Mission Accomplished" ten years before the troops pulled out.

"mission accomplished" --- isn't that what Obama was saying about ACA because according to him 7 million have signed up. No word on how many have paid their premiums or will continue to pay their premiums once they find out what a $5000 deductible means. With the vast majority of the consequences of ACA deferred, this "mission accomplished" is going to ring just as hollow as the one you reference.

As someone who recently raked up $170,000 in hospital costs after an emergency and 3 weeks in the ICU, I'd much rather pay $5000 deductible than have no insurance at all.

Arrogance, is declaring "Mission Accomplished" ten years before the troops pulled out.

"mission accomplished" --- isn't that what Obama was saying about ACA because according to him 7 million have signed up. No word on how many have paid their premiums or will continue to pay their premiums once they find out what a $5000 deductible means. With the vast majority of the consequences of ACA deferred, this "mission accomplished" is going to ring just as hollow as the one you reference.

As someone who recently raked up $170,000 in hospital costs after an emergency and 3 weeks in the ICU, I'd much rather pay $5000 deductible than have no insurance at all.

How much of the $170,000 have you paid?

I'm not answering such a pointless, irrelevant question like that.

"We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication ."

redienhcsr wrote:This arrogant man continues to try and divide this country by lecturing gullible people that they are victims of his political opposition. The press is largely absent on calling this classless behavior for what it is.

How long can the country tolerate this lack of leadership?

A recent pew poll found that 72% of women and 61% of men recognize that there is a problem and want it to be addressed. I don't see that as dividing America, when the vast majority want to see action on an issue. If it brings out the rabid right wing in mass against fixing the gender pay gap and they end up losing a few seats this November so be it, it does not change the fact that addressing this issue is the right thing to do.

Agreed. Meanwhile, the Republicans keep whining that they aren't REALLY conducting a war on women, and that it's the Democrats who are the ones that just hate women. Then they go and open their mouths and say things in their own words, such as resisting equal pay for equal work. And then there is Huckabee and his libido-gate....

BTW, when someone calls Obama "arrogant", I often think they really want to use another word, and that word is "uppity".

Arrogance, is declaring "Mission Accomplished" ten years before the troops pulled out.

"mission accomplished" --- isn't that what Obama was saying about ACA because according to him 7 million have signed up. No word on how many have paid their premiums or will continue to pay their premiums once they find out what a $5000 deductible means. With the vast majority of the consequences of ACA deferred, this "mission accomplished" is going to ring just as hollow as the one you reference.

I can't find anywhere where Obama actually said "Mission Accomplished", i did find a few articles that kinda tried to put those words in his mouth. If you have any links i would be delighted to read them.

I also think that most people that shop in the health insurance market places would find that there are many plans that off very reasonable deductibles. I even saw some plans that had $0 deductibles so it's the consumers choice if they want to pay more every month or if they want a smaller payment and a higher deductible. Choice is great, ill say that too.

One last thing... the ACA will take some time to even out, yes the (D) politicians could have done a better implementation, but in the end the market places are much better than the old way.

"There is no news. There is only the truth of the signal. What I see. And, there's the puppet theater, the Parliament jesters foist on the somnambulant public." - Mr. Universe

redienhcsr wrote:This arrogant man continues to try and divide this country by lecturing gullible people that they are victims of his political opposition. The press is largely absent on calling this classless behavior for what it is.

How long can the country tolerate this lack of leadership?

Arrogance??

Arrogance, is declaring "Mission Accomplished" ten years before the troops pulled out.

Arrogance, is stating "Revenues From Oil" will pay for the war when nothing of the sort ever happened.

Arrogance, is stating that "We got reliable information from ENHANCED interrogation techniques", when it has been recently revealed nothing of the sort was derived from those techniques.

Arrogance, is outing a CIA agent for political gain.

Arrogance, is being a right to lifer and bible thumper and then being caught red handed cheating on your wife.

Arrogance, is telling American citizens who work for private contractors on government funded projects that they cannot discuss their wages amongst themselves.

Signing an executive order to make sure government contractors are good players when it comes to pay for their employees on government funded projects isn't arrogance, but rather FAIRNESS.

HahhahahahahahahahahaYou dragged W out of the closet as a benchmark for effective leadership.Hahahahahahahahahahaha

Remember just cuz W was a terrible leader doesn't mean ObombA is a good leader.

Arrogance, is declaring "Mission Accomplished" ten years before the troops pulled out.

"mission accomplished" --- isn't that what Obama was saying about ACA because according to him 7 million have signed up. No word on how many have paid their premiums or will continue to pay their premiums once they find out what a $5000 deductible means. With the vast majority of the consequences of ACA deferred, this "mission accomplished" is going to ring just as hollow as the one you reference.

I can't find anywhere where Obama actually said "Mission Accomplished", i did find a few articles that kinda tried to put those words in his mouth. If you have any links i would be delighted to read them.

I also think that most people that shop in the health insurance market places would find that there are many plans that off very reasonable deductibles. I even saw some plans that had $0 deductibles so it's the consumers choice if they want to pay more every month or if they want a smaller payment and a higher deductible. Choice is great, ill say that too.

One last thing... the ACA will take some time to even out, yes the (D) politicians could have done a better implementation, but in the end the market places are much better than the old way.

I apologize to the incurably literal, no Barack never literally said "mission accomplished" but his unwarranted gloated gave that impression to at least some of us. BTW, George Bush never said "mission accomplished" either.